In this photo, it's hard to believe that there aren't any real fish in the bowl, but rather layered with resin and acrylic paints. But when one pays attention to the motion of the group of fish (that's where proximity plays in), the viewer's eyes continue in a circular path (and that's continuation).
Proximity explains how if we see similar items close together, we group them together. Even if there are (let's say) eighteen fish in the bowl above, we only see them in one group. It's a group of fish to the viewer's eyes.
Continuation explains how the eye moves from one object to another because of the motion indicated. When seeing this piece, the viewer assumes that they are swimming (because they're fish in water, that would make sense!). So the motion that the group of fish are in would be in a circular motion, which has this invisible line connecting the gap between the two different directions the fish are going in.
Here are some more examples below:
Proximity: The plants in the bucket are grouped together in a circular motion.
Continuation: The plants are guiding the eye in a circular motion.
Proximity: The two fish (or is it fishes?) that are in the center of the ripple. Also, the twigs underneath the fish would play into the role of proximity.
Continuation: The twigs are placed in a circular motion. The fish are in the center of the ripple, which the viewer's eyes would be lead to the center of the ripple as well as on the outer ring of the ripple (which is why the twigs help being the eyes back to the fish). Also, the fish with the white stripes is facing the other, which has this invisible line to the viewer to go spot what the fish is looking at.
Proximity: The octopus's tentacles
Continuation: The direction of each tentacle leads the viewer to another tentacle.
Proximity: The large amount of fish.
Continuation: The direction the fish are heading towards.
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